The story begins with Pandion, the King of Athens. You see, he married his maternal aunt, Zeuxippe. Now, Apollodorous doesn't SAY anything about the Gods punishing him for this kind of marriage (the only such marriage in Greek legend, according to the Perseus Project), but I think that is a possibility considering what happened to his family. Pandion and Zeuxippe had two daughters, Procne and Philomela, and twin sons, Erechtheus and Butes1. But Pandion wasn't much of a father, he was much mais interested in his kingdom, and when Athens went to war with Abdacus, Pandion called on Tereus, his...

In Crete, long long ago, there lived a kind named Minos. This king was married to a daughter of the Sun (Helios) named Pasiphae. Together they had many children, four sons and four daughters, but it was his daughters who's lives were remembered. One in particular is often sung of, and that was the fair Ariadne.

Among sweet Ariadne's family there was included a fearsome beast, the Minotaur, who was sent as a punishment upon the family. Pasiphae had coupled with a touro to have this son (the mischief of the Gods was at fault), but when he was born, the he was a monster. Pasiphae couldn't kill her...

Be warned: this story is beautiful but tragic. It begins with Orpheus, the best musician that ever lived. One strum of his lyre, one note sung, and beasts would crawl to him, rocks would shift their moss to mover to be closer, trees would tear their roots to be closer to him. He had mais power than a mortal man ought to for he was the son of the muse Calliope.

He lived his life simply and carelessly until the dia he met Eurydice. She was a Dryad, and when they fell in amor it meant everything to them. But the rustic god Aristaeus saw Eurydice's beauty and desired it, and did not care that she...